Exercise 7. Word patterns. Water has damaged part of this text from a diary. Read it and decide what you think each of the original words was. Write these words.
Dear Diary
Well, my first day at the new school is over. I was able 1) _______ make a few friends, although I hope I 2) _______ meet more people tomorrow. I met one girl I didn't like, who just boasted 3) _______ her exam results and succeeded 4) _______ annoying everyone. The teacher asked me what I'd been learning 5) _______ at my other school and when I told her, she said she failed 6) _______ see how I would be able to catch up with the others. I'll show her! I'm just as capable 7) _______ doing the work as the others. I'm really going to study hard 8) _______ the test.